Literature
Featured Books
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Reflective Laughter
Aspects of Humour in Russian Culture
Edited by Lesley Milne
A witty overview of humour in Russian culture.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781843311195
September 2004
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£29.95 / $29.95A witty overview of humour in Russian culture.
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Outsiders Looking In
The Rossettis Then and Now
Edited by David Clifford, Laurence Roussillon
A fascinating and comprehensive review of the position of the Rossettis within the social and cultural maelstrom of Victorian London.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311058
January 2004
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£115.00 / $115.00A fascinating and comprehensive review of the position of the Rossettis within the social and cultural maelstrom of Victorian London.
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Unsettled Accounts
Money and Narrative in the Novels of George Gissing
Simon J. James
Gissing's work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money's underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms – moral, intellectual, familial and erotic – is transcended or made irrelevant by its commodification.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311072
December 2003
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£115.00 / $115.00Gissing’s work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money’s underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms – moral, intellectual, familial and erotic – is transcended or made irrelevant by its commodification.
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Victorian Sensation
Or the Spectacular, the Shocking and the Scandalous in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Michael Diamond
A captivating look at the origins of our own tabloid culture in the salacious and titillating media of the Victorian era.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843310761
August 2003
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£115.00 / $115.00A captivating look at the origins of our own tabloid culture in the salacious and titillating media of the Victorian era.
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Jane Austen and the Morality of Conversation
Bharat Tandon
An ingeniously innovative analysis of Jane Austen's work, a highly respected and engaging critical study.
Anthem Press
Hardback
9781843311010
March 2003
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£115.00 / $115.00An ingeniously innovative analysis of Jane Austen’s work, a highly respected and engaging critical study.
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Russia in the Age of Alexander II, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky
Walter G. Moss
A vibrant, enthralling account of Russia's most fascinating period of history.
Anthem Press
Paperback
9781898855590
March 2002
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£29.95 / $29.95A vibrant, enthralling account of Russia’s most fascinating period of history.